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Frohes neues Jahr!

Ihnen wünsche ich vom Herzen ein gutes, frohes, gesundes und erfolgreiches Jahr 2021.
From the bottom of my heart I wish you a good, happy, healthy, and successful 2021.
Take this Relaxing Video Trip to Bavaria

Wenn man nicht reisen kann, egal ob man zu wenig Geld hat oder es eine Pandemie gibt, kann man immer das Internet benutzen, um eine virtuelle Reise zu machen.
Es kostet nichts und man kann die gleiche Reise immer wieder machen.
Diese Woche gibt es eine Videoreise nach Bayern. Sie können verschiedene Seen sehen, eine Wiese, verschiedene Städte und vieles mehr.
Kommen Sie für 4 Minuten, 30 Sekunden mit nach Bayern.
When the time isn't right to travel, no matter if it's because money is tigh…
Wir feiern sieben Jahre GermanWithNicole!

Juhu! Ausgezeichnet! Ich hab's geschafft!
Seven Years in Business!
In any business there are highs and lows. Sometimes they are close together, like heartbeats, and sometimes they are stretched out over a length of time.
There are no highlights without lowlights and I’ve included them both in this list. In seven years a lot happens in any business, so I’ve selected seven of them for you today.
The Highlights and the Lowlights of the First Seven Years of GermanWithNicole.com
#1 Highlight: Th…
3 New Ways to Learn German at Home

You could be at home, you could be in a park, you could be on your own balcony.
Every place is a good place to learn a bit of German.
Here are three new ways you can learn a bit of German in any of those places.
1. eine Wortsuche
A word search is a good way to engage with German over a bit of time, but it's not so much energy that you can't get started or keep focused.
In fact, that's exactly what one client said about the newest word search activity:
"The word search was so entertainin…
einen Zungenbrecher üben Practice a Tongue Twister

der Zungenbrecher = tongue twister
Heute können Sie einen Zungenbrecher üben! Hier können Sie das PDF herunterladen:
Dann schauen Sie das Video. Ich helfe Ihnen dabei, das /ts/ aussprechen zu können und den Zungenbrecher zu lernen. Viel Spaß dabei!
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auf Englisch:
Today you can practice a tongue twister! You can download the PDF here:
And then watch the video. In the video I'll help you correctly pronounce the /ts/ sound and to learn the tongue twister. Ha…
Heute Abend: heiße Liebe

You won't hear this language in your regular German class.
Tonight ONLY, attend German: The Language of Love and learn how German has its own, wonderful ways of expressing love.
I'm putting in a few pet names you definitely won't hear in other German courses. This is the real stuff.
You will learn pet names that Germans use for their spouses, their partners, and even their kids.
You'll learn a couple of different ways to say "I love you" because there is more than one way in German.
And you…
First "Sprechseminar" is "German: The Language of Love"

Love is French, right?
Nein!
Love is every language, every culture, every country.
Even German.
On February 12th you can attend my very first Sprechseminar (speaking seminar) entitled "German: The Language of Love" and you can learn that German has its own, wonderful ways of expressing love.
I'm putting in a few pet names you definitely won't hear in other German courses. This is the real stuff.
You will learn pet names that Germans use for their spouses, their partners, and even their kid…
Die Glückspilze sind...
Herzlichen Dank an alle, die teilgenommen haben!
This was a really fun way to celebrate my first 5 years of business and to spread the German product love. I hope you discovered some new products you might not have known otherwise and if you're a winner, your item will be on its way to you soon (with the exception of the Lebkuchen, which will ship around Thanksgiving).
Die Gewinner sind:
Tag 1, Stabilo Stifte: Katarina G., Texas, USA
Tag 2, Klipp und Klar: Michele R., New York, USA
Tag 3, 3 Bü…
Friday Funday!
Hallo zusammen!
I hope you enjoyed last weekend's intense one-goal-only-goal-setting. If you haven't set your ONE goal for 2018 yet, please click on "Blog" above and read Parts 1-3 of 3 in "How to Royally Screw up your German Learning in 2018."
Dieses Wochenende bin ich auf einer Hochzeit. Ich muss noch arbeiten und meine Sachen packen, also gibt es jede Menge zu tun. Deswegen gibt es diese Woche nur drei Witze! Dann ist diese Post kurz und knapp und Sie haben noch was davon.
Witz Nr. 1:
Zwei Sc…
This Video Proves that Germans Have Humor

Q: How many Germans does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: One. We are efficient and don't have humor.
*GROAN*
That's simply not true! Have you been to a German wedding where a guest prepares a game for the bride & groom to play? Usually it's something along the lines of "How well do they really know one another?" Or a guest prepares a kind of comedy show with funny skits for the other guests to enjoy. Germans do have humor, it's simply different than what we expect.
If you still don't…
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